[CPEO-IRF] Washington County (NC) "shut out" at BRAC hearing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Though, because of the large attendance, the BRAC hearings often look 
like community meetings, they are more like Congressional hearings, with 
carefully orchestrated presentations. - LS]

BRAC says no to OLF group

By BILL SANDIFER
Washington Daily News (NC)
June 29, 2005

Opponents of a Navy outlying landing field proposed for Washington and 
Beaufort counties are accustomed to the occasional cold shoulder. But 
they got a particularly chilly reception Tuesday at a base realignment 
and closure hearing in Charlotte, where they found themselves banned 
from the speakers' list.

The list had been screened by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., whose 
constituents were among those prevented from speaking. Dole had set the 
agenda for the North Carolina portion of the hearing, which included 
West Virginia and South Carolina speakers.

"I'm not happy," said Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson. "And 
I'm a Republican."

Richardson, as well as County Manager Paul Spruill and Washington County 
Manager David Peoples, had attended the hearing to argue the nearly $200 
million cost of the project flies in the face of the BRAC process, which 
is designed to save the military money.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wdnweb.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/news01.txt


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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